I was standing in front of the room where I stayed the last time I was in the palace.
Just when I was about to open the door, the same guard from earlier came towards me.
"The prince has sent me to give you a message, you are staying in the room next to the one where you previously stayed."
I gave him a skeptical look wondering if he was telling the truth or not. I tried my best to find the lie on his blank face but failed miserably.
Reluctantly I turned to walk away hoping I was not walking into a trap. I put my hand on the knob to open the door but paused to look at the guard in the hallway, only to find it empty.
That's not weird at all.
I opened the door but my feet turned to ice when I stepped into the completely different part of the palace.
The icy walls were grey in the room, too grey that they looked black but had the same gold borders with delicate patterns. It was bigger than the room I stayed in, with a l
Two days went by with every minute passing like an hour.I had never felt so alone in my life. I had to stay in Damien's room and if I wanted to go anywhere two guards would follow me like a shadow.Damien was busy with some work but tried his best to give me as much time as possible. We had breakfast in the room but he would come late at night.Ruhee on the other hand was still ignoring my existence, no matter how much I tried to talk to her. She was just shutting me out.But not today, it was the day I hoped never would come. We were having breakfast with everyone, the mere thought was enough to kill my appetite."Are you ready?" Damien asked opening the door."Yeah."I put the black woolen shrug lazily over the olive dress I was wearing, it was 7:24 am and we had to reach for breakfast at 7:30 am. I suppressed a yawn even though I could barely keep my eyes open.By the time we reached near the t
I was standing in front of the rainbow of flowers.Different colors of flowers covered every inch of the ground. The boundary consisted of the flowers arranged in the rainbow pattern. A narrow path of large stone led to a table made of marble with two chairs around it.Inhaling the aroma of flowers I looked at Damien with a grin, "This is beautiful.""My mother used to spend most of her time here. She made this, it was her favorite spot in the entire garden," Damien explained with a warm smile on his lips but a sad look in his eyes.I felt a thorn stabbing my heart as I remembered Emily's words."I am sorry, Damien, I had no idea that the hunters of Greenpine were involved in..." I could not complete the sentence."It's not your fault, Nora.""How can you be so understanding? Were you never upset after finding out I was from that town," I lowered my voice while saying the last part."I was," Damien said dryly,
"I want to ask you something," I put my head on my knees to look at Damien. Damien glanced in my direction through the mirror while buttoning up his white shirt. "What is it?" I got out of the bed to give him the grey suit jacket. "Why do you guys have wolfsbane in your garden?" I passed him a jacket to which he muttered thanks. "How do you know about wolfsbane?" he arched a brow. "I read it in a book which I borrowed from your library," I tried my best to hide the smile while saying the last part. Damien tilted his head to pass me an unimpressed look. "But that's not what we are focusing on right now." He stepped away from the large mirror to face me, "There is no wolfsbane in the garden. It is dangerous for werewolves." "Fine, I'll show you," I grabbed his wrist to pull him as I walked towards the door without giving him any chance to say something. "Nora." "Nora," I didn't
"Growing up I was called different names, with time I learned to ignore them then my mother died and for a while, they stopped until the word spread out that I have no wolf," Ruhee paused for a minute."The cruel words became worse and every day I got a new injury to remind me I was different."I sat there silently listening to her. The pain in her voice was heart shattering."When you came here I thought I finally found a friend. The day you left people started pointing fingers at me once again. You were with me before you went missing," she let out a small breath.I rubbed her arm to remind her I was here and she was not alone anymore."People thought I had something to do with it. That day I was called a 'traitor', it was bad because all my life I was loyal to the royal family," she stared at the burning flames with a cold look in her eyes."Ruhee I am so sorry, I had no idea it would happen. I never wanted to hurt you in any
"I am just leaving."I froze, completely forgetting about where I was going when that voice fell into my ears.I turned in the direction of the voice and started walking as fast as I could with two guards following me.It was the same voice I heard at night in Damien's house. He was the same guy who was talking on the phone about me.I reached a hallway but it was empty. I looked around to find someone who could tell me about the man but no one was there.I started walking again but bumped into someone falling on the floor as an impact."Watch where you are going," came an annoyed familiar sound.I got up to find Luca glaring at me with his dark eyes, his long hair was in a half man bun."I am sorry, I was not looking.""Of course, you were not.""Why are you being so rude?" I frowned, "is it because I am a human?"He scoffed in response, "Not everything is about you, get
"How do you manage everything so easily?"She passed a kind smile taking a small sip of the tea, "I have learned from the best."I looked at her blankly not knowing the meaning behind her words."My sister.""I will never be able to do anything," I bit the inside of my cheeks nervously."My sister was great at doing everything. If I had not seen her in the initial days I would have thought she was born perfect," she let out a soft chuckle that made her sharp eyes squint, "I still remember the day, she was supposed to prepare everything for a small get together but she ordered the flowers that had bees in it."Lilith shook her head with a smile reliving the memory of her sister."If she was here she would have told you one thing only, don't think if the people would accept you or not, you have to accept yourself as their queen first and give your hundred percent. You have to feel the pain of your people, you have to f
I woke up with something heavy holding me in my place. I tried to wriggle out of the hold but it did not work and I was just pulled back."Stop moving, Nora, or else there will be another problem to take care of."My eyes opened and the sleep vanished the moment I heard Damien's husky whisper in my ear. My heart was out of my control as my cheeks started feeling warm.I looked down and found Damien's arm wrapped around me."How can you cross the pillow border?" I screeched still in the same position."Look carefully I am still on my side," he whispered in a low voice sending chills on my body.And he was right. The pillow wall was almost two hands away from me.I tried to lift his arm but it was as useful as watering plants during the rain."Damien, let me go," I whined."Why? I quite like this position," I could imagine him smirking right now."Because I really have to pe
"This is for you," Ruhee announced with a wide grin on her pink lips the minute she entered the room. I passed a look of confusion seeing her empty hands. But shortly after her, a guard entered with a dress wrapped in a nude bag in his hands. "Where should I leave this?" "Please just leave it there," I pointed towards the nearby couch. He left the dress there and left. "Who sent this?" I asked as Ruhee unzipped the bag. She removed a burgundy sequin dress with long net sleeves. It was backless but had two golden chains crossing each other on the back and a slit on the left leg that started from just below the thigh. The dress was long and the skirt was flowy even with the slit. "This is beautiful," I said in awe. My eyes stopped on the tiny off-white card hanging out from the bag. I picked it up, 'I am sure you are gonna love it, Your favorite girl, Emily.' I giggled reading the n